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1. Harry Potter 1
2. A.I.
3. The Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
4. Indiana Jones and the Aliens (because I'm lovin that jungle chase)
5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Rey's theme is so good, it bumps the score up on my list)
6. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
7. Tom Cruise I: Minority Report
8. Tom Cruise II: War Of The Worlds (love the dark, low end of the orchestra and double the timpani)
9. Memoirs of a Geisha
10. War Horse
11. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
12. Harry Potter and the William Ross (I'd put it higher, but I wish there was less revisiting of HP1)
13. The Patriot (Would still have liked to hear David Arnold score this though)
14. The Book Thief
15. Lincoln
16. The Adventures of Tintin (somehow this score didn't do much for me)
17. Tom Hanks Vs Airport
18. Catch Me If You Can
19. Munich (I don't like the female vocals, sorry)

I think I'll buy this for completist-ness because I didn't get the other one, but I can't say I'm very excited about it. I was hoping for some previously unreleased Williams music for black friday, rather than a re-issue but oh well...I wonder if there will be any more Williams before the year is up. At least this was the Year of the Hook.

Thanks for posting that, very cool. Thomas Newman seems like a nice guy. I think he put a lot of effort into this score, it doesn't sound lazy to me, but it doesn't sound like he's the right man for the job. I don't enjoy the constant 16th note rhythmic vamps in some of the CD, and sometimes its like a low bass instrument (electric bass?) Playing it too. I tire of too much rhythmic motion without something melodic happening. But on 2nd listen, I enjoy the action writing much more, its got some great energy. I like how he used the bond theme but I'm wishing I could hear a full statement of the theme. My favorite section of the bond theme, the part where it gets more jazzy with a strong backbeat and high octave trumpets (when Bond starts driving the remote control car in the hanger in "company car" from TND for.example). There's no full quote of it... I was like damn..too bad!! Overall I like the score better on 2nd listen.

Well iTunes told me I hadn't listened to it in two years. I've listened to it off and on through the years. But this is the first time I couldn't really get into it. Maybe it was just an off day... or I shouldn't have put so many jalapenos in my dinner that night. Who knows!

I listened to the almighty soundtrack of all times (if you ask my dad): TITANIC. I hate to say it, but it just wasn't fun to listen to this time, my attention started to wander. Its not because the music is bad....its because my dad played that ost nonstop back when it first came out!!! Titanic overload! How can I remedy this situation? I thought that after not listening to it for 2 years that it would be more fresh and fun to hear....i guess 2 years was not long enough.